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CEO of Starbucks says 'best cup of coffee known to mankind' is made with a simple French press
Mail Online ^ | 17 April 2012 | JILL REILLY

Posted on 04/17/2012 5:09:35 AM PDT by seton89

The chairman and CEO of Starbucks, has controversially admitted that the best way to make a cup of coffee - is not his brand's way. Howard Schultz says he uses a Bodum French press - a coffee presser brand - which results in 'the best cup of coffee known to mankind.'

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KEYWORDS: coffee; starbucks; wholebeancoffee
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To: Maceman

“I absolutely agree about the French press being the best method.”

Same. Many people want a more filtered product though, and really freak about a tiny bit of sediment. (Hint: don’t drink the dregs. Stop before then.)


61 posted on 04/17/2012 6:22:54 AM PDT by Psalm 144 ("I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am." - Willard M Romney)
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To: FreeAtlanta

I actually like the little bits of grit in French Press coffee...kinda like giblets.


62 posted on 04/17/2012 6:23:45 AM PDT by seton89 (Are the Ten Commandments a living document?)
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To: IronJack
...reeks of yuppie snobbism.

Old time marketing and advertising.

Chock Full O' Nuts comes to mind with a number of their slogans. "Heavenly Coffee" perhaps inspiring the contrasting "mankind" reference.

(Not that CFON is, or has ever been, my first choice in a coffee...)

63 posted on 04/17/2012 6:28:34 AM PDT by Calvin Locke
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To: TSgt

See my post #40. I like FP, but this new coffee device has it for breakfast. You can get one for around 25.


64 posted on 04/17/2012 6:28:50 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: carriage_hill

I have several Chemex brewers and a bunch of other coffee brewers. My kid introduced me to the aoeropress (see my post 40).

I love the simplicity and the taste is out of the world. It is like a Clover, but 10,000 dollars cheaper! :-)


65 posted on 04/17/2012 6:31:30 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: bboop
They roasted coffee beans every morning on a metal plate over the fire, and THAT, she said, was coffee.

My sister in law roasts her beans daily in a cast iron skillet. She does love her coffee!

66 posted on 04/17/2012 6:31:42 AM PDT by mollynme (cogito, ergo freepum)
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To: FreeAtlanta

Gonna check it out!


67 posted on 04/17/2012 6:32:59 AM PDT by Psalm 144 ("I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am." - Willard M Romney)
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To: reaganaut

COME LOOK! A HAPPY THREAD!


68 posted on 04/17/2012 6:34:58 AM PDT by Psalm 144 ("I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am." - Willard M Romney)
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To: Psalm 144; Keith in Iowa; Eye of Unk
Go to an independent small roaster, or buy from my online store. :-) Doug's Mugs Coffee

I gave up my shop a year ago, but I still roast and sell. My roaster can only max at about 18 pounds, so all my roasts are small, and my coffees are great Arabicas.

69 posted on 04/17/2012 6:36:52 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: svcw
I perk my coffee in a glass percolator and use store 8 o clock coffee.

Starbucks is a wonderful hole for leftists to drop in their monies and feel cooolssss.

70 posted on 04/17/2012 6:39:06 AM PDT by Chickensoup (In the 20th century 200 million people were killed by their own governments.)
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To: seton89
We drink Lilly and LavAzza, both espresso coffee grinds, which are "PRODUIT D'TALIE.

As for Starbucks we sometimes buy their espresso and use a Starbucks Serina (Saeco) Expresso machine to brew our European style coffee every morning.

Having just spent nearly 12-years living in firest Europe, then the Middle East, Asia and finally S.America, we have had the opportunity to acquire regional tastes in coffee. American's drink a weak brew which can be drank all day. Even American BOLD Coffee is weak tasting to us these days upon our return to the USA.

71 posted on 04/17/2012 6:41:19 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: sportutegrl

I have a bunch of french presses, but never use them any more. I liked the flavor, but I didn’t like the mess. Getting the coffee out of the grooves in the wire filter, dumping the grinds. The silt in the bottom of the cup never bothered me, but a lot of my customers didn’t like it.

I switched to chemex for individual cups when I wasn’t using my large titan brewers. I closed my shop before I found out about the amazing aoropress.

My guess is the Starbucks guy is terrified of the little press. Starbucks bought Clover ($10,000 plus vacuum machine) to get it off the market, but then this little $25 brewer emerges a year or two ago and bam! You have clover quality coffee anywhere! A lot of independent shops are starting to use them.


72 posted on 04/17/2012 6:42:44 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: seton89
We drink Lilly and LavAzza, both espresso coffee grinds, which are "PRODUIT D'TALIE.

As for Starbucks we sometimes buy their espresso and use a Starbucks Serina (Saeco) Expresso machine to brew our European style coffee every morning.

Having just spent nearly 12-years living in finest Europe, then the Middle East, Asia and finally S.America, we have had the opportunity to acquire regional tastes in coffee. American's drink a weak brew which can be drank all day. Even American BOLD Coffee is weak tasting to us these days upon our return to the USA.

73 posted on 04/17/2012 6:43:25 AM PDT by Jumper
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To: Chickensoup

I haven’t perked coffee since 1971. I find it boring, to each his own.
Many churches in our town have Bible studies in the STBX.
Koren students have English lessons there.
Kids meet after team sports for a treat.
I am not sure I have seen in leftest feeling special there.
But the above groups may feel special none the less.


74 posted on 04/17/2012 6:44:48 AM PDT by svcw (If one living cell on another planet is life, why isn't it life in the womb?)
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To: seton89

giblets! lol, yeah I had customers like you.


75 posted on 04/17/2012 6:44:48 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: svcw

When I had my shop, I was amazed at the number of pastors that would come in during the week to hang out, study and meet with people. I got to know a lot of them and really enjoyed my store.

It would still be opened, if I had been a better business man. (picking a better location and having a drive thru)


76 posted on 04/17/2012 6:48:38 AM PDT by FreeAtlanta (Liberty and Justice for ALL)
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To: Dr. Sivana
I would like to pass a law stating that anyone selling Kona "blend" must make the word "blend" 50% larger than the word Kona, and that the percentage of Kona be listed immediately after in the same same size typeface as the word Kona.

AGREED!
77 posted on 04/17/2012 6:48:58 AM PDT by TSgt (The only reason I have one in the chamber at all times, is because it is impossible to have two in.)
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To: FreeAtlanta

I will thoroughly investigate that link!

I have roaster friends in Michigan, Nebraska, Louisiana and Texas. Nothing beats the small, skilled independent for quality.


78 posted on 04/17/2012 6:49:47 AM PDT by Psalm 144 ("I'm not willing to light my hair on fire to try and get support. I am who I am." - Willard M Romney)
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

“And I tell them about the fabled McDonald’s deep-fried apple pie of yesteryear.”

Do you mean the pie of the mid to late 80’s? If you do that pie was amazing. I Can’t imagine why it ever went away.


79 posted on 04/17/2012 6:52:30 AM PDT by ocr1 (Sowell FTW)
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To: svcw

And coffee at a restaurant here probably averages $5, up to $8 or 9 if it’s an expensive restaurant.


80 posted on 04/17/2012 6:54:17 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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